Deborah A Marsten

Prior to becoming a founding member of the Grandpoint executive team, Deborah Marsten served as Vice Chair of the Board and Chief Operating Officer of First Coastal Bancshares and First Coastal Bank from 1996 through the sale of the Bank to CVB Financial in 2007. During her tenure at First Coastal, she managed the acquisition and consolidation of three community banks, centralized operations support and risk control, and redesigned and expanded management reporting systems. Marsten also co-founded DataTech Management, Inc., a data outsourcing firm, in 1998, and she was President and CEO of the company. DataTech served small to mid-sized financial institutions in California, Nevada, Arizona and Oregon with loan processing and documentation services. DataTech became part of Grandpoint Bank's Institutional Banking division in 2010. Prior to joining First Coastal, Marsten ran her own consulting firm, Ourieff and Associates. Her consulting engagements for financial services companies addressed internal controls and risk management, liquidity crisis management, operating expense reduction, and data processing system conversions. Marsten, whose financial services career began in 1970 at Wells Fargo Bank, previously held a variety of finance positions at community banks in the Los Angeles area.